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Healthcare staff under report child physical abuse and 1 in 5 worry about getting it wrong

Sixty percent of healthcare professionals have seen a child they suspect was being physically abused, but only 48 percent reported it to the authorities. Twenty-one percent were worried about getting it wrong and confronting families, inexperience and fear of litigation were also common barriers to reporting. Seventy-nine percent felt they needed more information on reporting mechanisms.

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